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committee, reduce the deficit by $2.7 trillion, but that includes predicted savings from wars in iraq and afghanistan. at a speech today, the president walked the middle ground. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to our debt. but both parties have a responsibility to come together and solve the problem. >> reporter: and one of the big issues for democrats is they say the republican plan would sort of expire before the president's re-election campaign, with another vote to raise the debt ceiling again, they say that would put us right back here. republicans say they need to guarantee that cuts would actually happen in the future to prevent more of a crisis. now, after all this wrangling, aides tell me the senior level negotiators in both parties are still talking, trying to find a way to close the gaps. and as you mentioned, brian, speaker boehner will follow the president tonight. he'll speak for about five minutes to lay out why he thinks his plan should get the public support. brian? >> kelly o'donnell setting the stage on capitol hill for us tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> our ch
committee, reduce the deficit by $2.7 trillion, but that includes predicted savings from wars in iraq and afghanistan. at a speech today, the president walked the middle ground. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to our debt. but both parties have a responsibility to come together and solve the problem. >> reporter: and one of the big issues for democrats is they say the republican plan would sort of expire before the president's re-election campaign, with...
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presence overseas in afghanistan and iraq which the republicans did in their own budget presentation here in the house. >> it is as confusing as you say, and we are still waiting to see how this matter will be resolved. congressman chris van hollen, thank you for joining us. >> good the o be with you. >>> and if anyone can make sense of the situation, it is our team in washington. stay tuned. ♪ operator can you help me ♪ help me if you please jeff, lunch! uh-huh. jeff! honey, i can't walk any faster. [ female announcer ] oscar mayer deli fresh turkey comes in a clear pack... [ cellphone beeps ] [ jeff ] ooh. thanks hun! [ female announcer ] ...so the freshness you see is what you taste. ♪ it doesn't get better than this ♪ helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. just don't feel like they used to. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies. more passion for the one ya
presence overseas in afghanistan and iraq which the republicans did in their own budget presentation here in the house. >> it is as confusing as you say, and we are still waiting to see how this matter will be resolved. congressman chris van hollen, thank you for joining us. >> good the o be with you. >>> and if anyone can make sense of the situation, it is our team in washington. stay tuned. ♪ operator can you help me ♪ help me if you please jeff, lunch! uh-huh. jeff!...
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they take -- they say we're going to wind down in iraq and afghanistan and save a trillion dollars without having a war for ten more years. who thought we'd be there for ten more years so republicans say that's a gimmick. the reid plan will have a hard time passing and will not pass the house so you've got the two plans out there are ultimately horses you can't ride to the finish line and the issue becomes, what comes after them and can you get it done before monday or tuesday of next week? i think we're heading towards a two or three-week extension of this fight. i think the president will accept some sort of extension for two or three weeks to allow this fight to play out. >> when we come back we'll talk to our panel and get james carville's take and eric erikkson's take on those two plans. let us know what you think. i'll be tweeting and on facebook. >>> ahead, norway terror suspect. what we learned and his new claims he didn't act alone and and the chilling 1500-page anti-muslim manifesto. >>> and the dominique strauss-kahn case. the maid at the center of the assault. breaks her silenc
they take -- they say we're going to wind down in iraq and afghanistan and save a trillion dollars without having a war for ten more years. who thought we'd be there for ten more years so republicans say that's a gimmick. the reid plan will have a hard time passing and will not pass the house so you've got the two plans out there are ultimately horses you can't ride to the finish line and the issue becomes, what comes after them and can you get it done before monday or tuesday of next week? i...
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taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the inspector general says that makes the money vulnerable not only to fraud but even worse being diverted to insurgents. the u.s. spent more than $70 billion on security and redevelopment in afghanistan, but, again, this audit shows as much as $10 million may be smuggled out of afghanistan every day. how does that happen? whenever afghan government officials leave the country no one checks how much money they are carrying with them. again the audit shows afghan officials have no plans to scan their cash through those electronic currency counters. t
taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the...
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they take -- they say we're going to wind down in iraq and afghanistan and save a trillion dollars without having a war for ten more years. who thought we'd be there for ten more years so republicans say that's a gimmick. the reid plan will have a hard time passing and will not pass the house so you've got the two plans out there are ultimately horses you can't ride to the finish line and the issue becomes, what comes after them and can you get it done before monday or tuesday of next week? i think we're heading towards a two or three-week extension of this fight. i think the president will accept some sort of extension for two or three weeks to allow this fight to play out. >> when we come back we'll talk to our panel and get james carville's take and eric erikkson's take on those two plans. let us know what you think. i'll be tweeting and on facebook. >>> ahead, norway terror suspect. what we learned and his new claims he didn't act alone and and the chilling 1500-page anti-muslim manifesto. >>> and the dominique strauss-kahn case. the maid at the center of the assault. breaks her silenc
they take -- they say we're going to wind down in iraq and afghanistan and save a trillion dollars without having a war for ten more years. who thought we'd be there for ten more years so republicans say that's a gimmick. the reid plan will have a hard time passing and will not pass the house so you've got the two plans out there are ultimately horses you can't ride to the finish line and the issue becomes, what comes after them and can you get it done before monday or tuesday of next week? i...
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soldiers, up the mischief in afghanistan to do same kinds of things, they're supporting hezbollah in their terrorist activities. they've got bad things going on in bahrain. we can track their activities, we know how dangerous and, piers, they're very, very good. don't look at this as the keystone cops. this was just good fortune that they picked the wrong guy to arrange this, but if you look at his profile, he was really good. so we know all of those things about what bad things that they're doing around the world. and they were completely serious about pulling this off. now, in all of those other operations i just talked about, piers, all of those have to go up the chain of command. they're not going to give away a million dollar and plan an operation in america by just two guys in the basement of the irgc thinking wouldn't this be a good idea. i think they've got a lot of explaining to do about what their involvement was in this. and i think the international community really needs to step up its pressure on their state sponsored terrorism activities. >> well, this is big question
soldiers, up the mischief in afghanistan to do same kinds of things, they're supporting hezbollah in their terrorist activities. they've got bad things going on in bahrain. we can track their activities, we know how dangerous and, piers, they're very, very good. don't look at this as the keystone cops. this was just good fortune that they picked the wrong guy to arrange this, but if you look at his profile, he was really good. so we know all of those things about what bad things that they're...
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he was dealt a pretty bad hand and he didn't ask for iraq and afghanistan to deal with, and he had to deal with them, and he didn't have a choice. the strategic mistake was when he confused jobs with the debt discussion, because they got in the way of one another. we don't have a debt crisis in this country, and we really have a jobs crisis in this country. >> mitt romney called the chinese a bunch of cheats today. did you agree with that? >> well, in many ways they don't play by the rules. they manipulate the currency and they don't play by the rules, and so the chinese have a ways to go. i have to say this, unlike george bush, this president really has tried to enforce the trade laws. he is going through a number of cases, and in fact, one of the ones on rubber tires which is just finalized today, the chinese lost their last appeal and we will have the opportunity to correct those situations. that is hurting this economy. them not playing by the rules gives them an unfair advantage over every producer in this country, and we have tried to get it stopped. the only thing that they und
he was dealt a pretty bad hand and he didn't ask for iraq and afghanistan to deal with, and he had to deal with them, and he didn't have a choice. the strategic mistake was when he confused jobs with the debt discussion, because they got in the way of one another. we don't have a debt crisis in this country, and we really have a jobs crisis in this country. >> mitt romney called the chinese a bunch of cheats today. did you agree with that? >> well, in many ways they don't play by...
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. >>> following developments in afghanistan where the mayor of kandahar was assassinated overnight the suicide bomber killed the mayor at a meeting of tribal leaders in his office the bomber hid the explosive in his turban tribal elders is usually not searched and searching turbans is considered disrespectful. >> state department issued a new travel warning lingering anger of osama bin laden, there is still a risk of anti american violence worldwide americans are urged to take extra precautions when travelling overseas, the department fears terrorists might be planning reprisele attacks in europe, asia, africa and middle east. >>> leavy rain and -- heavy rain and flooding in south korea, the worst in 100 years 32 are dead dozens missing rescue crews trying to save people, trains triggered multiple land slides across the country, one killed 10 students the land slides flooded hundreds of homes and blocked roads. >>> 6-year-old girl attacked bay shark says she forgives the shark for biting her leg because he didn't really mean to do it. lucy magnum was baggy bo
. >>> following developments in afghanistan where the mayor of kandahar was assassinated overnight the suicide bomber killed the mayor at a meeting of tribal leaders in his office the bomber hid the explosive in his turban tribal elders is usually not searched and searching turbans is considered disrespectful. >> state department issued a new travel warning lingering anger of osama bin laden, there is still a risk of anti american violence worldwide...
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what was the cost of 9/11 because we left afghanistan in 1989? how much money have we spent since 9/11 trying to deal with that problem? >> gates admits the country is wary of war but says the president must consider long-term consequences. >>> the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get more crowded. former utah governor jon huntsman plans to announce his candidacy tomorrow. huntsman recently resigned after serving as president obama's ambassador to china. texas governor rick perry hasn't said whether he'll run but when he spoke over the weekend at a gathering of conservative republicans, he sounded like a candidate. >> i stand before you today, a disciplined conservative texan, a committed republican and a proud american, united with you in the desire to restore our nation and revive the american dream. >> perry told a group republicans have to stick to their principles. >>> at the same republican conference in new orleans, president obama impersonator wasn't received as well. reggie brown got a lot of laughs when he jok
what was the cost of 9/11 because we left afghanistan in 1989? how much money have we spent since 9/11 trying to deal with that problem? >> gates admits the country is wary of war but says the president must consider long-term consequences. >>> the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get more crowded. former utah governor jon huntsman plans to announce his candidacy tomorrow. huntsman recently resigned after serving as president obama's ambassador to...
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in afghanistan, it's even more so. so what we have here is a series of trucking contracts that have been subcontracted out to even smaller firms. those firms might even look for even smaller entities. trucking here in afghanistan is dangerous. what they will do or at least according to this report -- sure. sure. what has happened is subcontractors have provided funds to security and some of these tribal groups in which they have direct links to taliban insurgents. so effectively what we're seeing here, at least according to this report, is u.s. taxpayer dollars at least in part have lined the pockets of the taliban. >> who does the report blame for this? >> reporter: well, as is everything with afghanistan, it's difficult to assign blame. clearly, there is some transparency issues in terms of where this money went. the companies, officials are pointing to in terms of their conduct, the overseers are being questioned in terms of their responsibility. officials we have spoken to said they radically revamped their program
in afghanistan, it's even more so. so what we have here is a series of trucking contracts that have been subcontracted out to even smaller firms. those firms might even look for even smaller entities. trucking here in afghanistan is dangerous. what they will do or at least according to this report -- sure. sure. what has happened is subcontractors have provided funds to security and some of these tribal groups in which they have direct links to taliban insurgents. so effectively what we're...
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officials are holding preliminary talking with the taliban to find a political solution to the war in afghanistan. in televised interviews sunday, gates concede he didn't expect significant progress for months. these talks come as president obama decides how many troops to withdraw in a limited drawdown set for next month. >>> severe flooding triggered by torrential rain continues to inundate southern and eastern china. according to state tv, the surging waters have so far left more than 180 people dead or missing and have forced the evacuation of 500,000 people. >>> ever dream of flying halfway across the world in the time it takes to watch a movie? well, it may not be far off. european aerospace company eads has unveiled plans for transportation rocket that will be able to fly from paris to tokyo in just 2 1/2 hours using biofuel and zero emission rocket engines. the company hopes to build a prototype by 2020 and have service up and running by 2050. >>> and the library of congress has 5 million maps in its collection, but none likely as rare and unique as this one. the map of the square and sta
officials are holding preliminary talking with the taliban to find a political solution to the war in afghanistan. in televised interviews sunday, gates concede he didn't expect significant progress for months. these talks come as president obama decides how many troops to withdraw in a limited drawdown set for next month. >>> severe flooding triggered by torrential rain continues to inundate southern and eastern china. according to state tv, the surging waters have so far left more...
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outgoing defense secretary robert gates calling for patience in the war in afghanistan. and gates just got back from a trip to visit the troops and talked with chris wallace today about a good time for the the commerce to come home from a war that's nearly ten years old and lawmakers calling for a modest withdrawal and others want more aggressive pullout. gates saying it's going to take some time, but it will happen. steve centanni is live for us in washington. steve. >> secretary gates retires the end of this month and just as the president is deciding the size and the pace of the troop withdrawal or drawdown, the beginning of the drawdown in afghanistan. now, the president has talked about a significant drawdown, and gates has said it should be moderate and this morning on fox news sunday, gates refused to pinpoint the number of troops to come out, but did suggest recent gains have set the stage for the beginning of a troop withdrawal as planned in july. >> we've had a lot of success over the last 15 months in afghanistan, the conditions on the ground are far better, t
outgoing defense secretary robert gates calling for patience in the war in afghanistan. and gates just got back from a trip to visit the troops and talked with chris wallace today about a good time for the the commerce to come home from a war that's nearly ten years old and lawmakers calling for a modest withdrawal and others want more aggressive pullout. gates saying it's going to take some time, but it will happen. steve centanni is live for us in washington. steve. >> secretary gates...
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. >>> an alarming story out of afghanistan this morning, and it is still developing. a suicide bomber assassinated the mayor of kandahar. this comes just days after president hamid karzai's brother, himself a powerful figure, was killed in the same city. now these new attacks are raising doubts about the stability of this critical area for the u.s. >>> another developing story this morning. drenching rain and flooding are triggering deadly landslides in south korea. at least 19 people were killed and several others are still missing. they were swallowed up by mud and debris in seoul and another town. many of the victims were college students who had been doing volunteer work. more than 15 inches of rain has fallen since last night with more on the way. >>> a mexican judge has thrown the book at an american teenager giving him the maximum sentence for a series of especially gruesome murders. the san diego born 14-year-old admits killing four people whose beheaded bodies were found hanging from a bridges. the problem, though, the maximum sentence in mexico for a minor i
. >>> an alarming story out of afghanistan this morning, and it is still developing. a suicide bomber assassinated the mayor of kandahar. this comes just days after president hamid karzai's brother, himself a powerful figure, was killed in the same city. now these new attacks are raising doubts about the stability of this critical area for the u.s. >>> another developing story this morning. drenching rain and flooding are triggering deadly landslides in south korea. at least...
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he could face questions on afghanistan, the size and timetable of the planned u.s. pullout this summer of u.s. forces there. petraeus, of course is the current commander of the war in afghanistan and the house could be headed for a showdown with the white house over u.s. involvement in military operations in libya. speaker john boehner and others weren't so satisfied with the response to the growing concern that the president didn't adequately consult with congress on the efforts in libya. >> jon huntsman declares his candidacy for presidency. he announces at liberty state park in jersey. with the statue of liberty as his backdrop. three others speak in jacksonville, florida at the right to life session. >> a critical week for wall street with the federal reserve set to meet. investors are waiting to hear how the fed plans to tackle the challenges of the slowing economic recovery. job growth has slowed and prices have risen. the latest home sales numbers are critical. on friday, the final revision of first quarter gdp so we can see how much the u.s. economy grew in
he could face questions on afghanistan, the size and timetable of the planned u.s. pullout this summer of u.s. forces there. petraeus, of course is the current commander of the war in afghanistan and the house could be headed for a showdown with the white house over u.s. involvement in military operations in libya. speaker john boehner and others weren't so satisfied with the response to the growing concern that the president didn't adequately consult with congress on the efforts in libya....
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. >> we move patients from iraq and afghanistan, and they get to our hospital and get here safely. the same thing is going to be done here. it's just a little bit different volume that we're looking at. >> reporter: there is also a new administration building, designed to match the old facade, which is on the national historic register, a healing garden, two new parking garages, and a number of beds they have now, 200, will grow to 345. >> this facility is a lot bigger than the one over at walter reed. it can facilitate a lot more people now, and it's awesome sgh 150 patients currently treated at walter reed, 2,500 staff and truckload after truckload of equipment also heading over. >> we have been actively engaged for about a year now, just focusing on move day. >> reporter: 60% of walter reed's patients will be moved here, because of the merger, instead of seeing 600,000 patients a year, staff here will soon see more than 1 million. bethesda naval, known for treatment of penetrating brain injuries, walter reed for amputee care. they aren't just merging two historic hospitals, but
. >> we move patients from iraq and afghanistan, and they get to our hospital and get here safely. the same thing is going to be done here. it's just a little bit different volume that we're looking at. >> reporter: there is also a new administration building, designed to match the old facade, which is on the national historic register, a healing garden, two new parking garages, and a number of beds they have now, 200, will grow to 345. >> this facility is a lot bigger than...
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. >> the outgoing secretary of defense is calling for more patience in the troop withdrawal in afghanistan. some lawmakers want a more aggressive pullout now that osama bin laden is dead. secretary gates did not divulge how many troops will be part of the dropdown but he did say they will begin the drawdown in july and there have been preliminary contacts between the taliban and several other countries, including the united states. >>> another big story this morning, more history at the u.s. open in bethesda. >> worry mcilroy set 12 records during the four-day tournament. the 22-year-old irishman went into the final round on sunday at congressional with an eight- shot lead. there would not be another meltdown like the masters for mcilroy. he finished the day with 2 under 69 to win by eight shots over jason day. this is his first major championship and he celebrated in style. check out this picture that he tweeted last fight of him drinking champagne out of the u.s. open trophy. you can do that? >> i think it's his for a while. >>> you have a popular above- ground portable swimming pool, yo
. >> the outgoing secretary of defense is calling for more patience in the troop withdrawal in afghanistan. some lawmakers want a more aggressive pullout now that osama bin laden is dead. secretary gates did not divulge how many troops will be part of the dropdown but he did say they will begin the drawdown in july and there have been preliminary contacts between the taliban and several other countries, including the united states. >>> another big story this morning, more history...
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coming up, the latest on the group claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in afghanistan that kailled the mayor of kandahar. >>> plus, why a vote on john [ male announcer ] are you watching cable? here's what you should be watching: your cable bill. because you could be paying way too much. stop spending more for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price -- just $84.99 a month for a year -- only available online. go to verizon.com/greatprice to sign up, and save $360 in the first year. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent, and most reliable internet. there's no annual contract required. why keep paying for cable? get fios tv, internet and phone for just $84.99 a month for a year -- our best price -- only available online. ordering online is easy. have questions? you can even chat live with a fios agent. so don't wait. visit verizon.com/great price. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's verizon.com/greatprice. at 800-974-60
coming up, the latest on the group claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in afghanistan that kailled the mayor of kandahar. >>> plus, why a vote on john [ male announcer ] are you watching cable? here's what you should be watching: your cable bill. because you could be paying way too much. stop spending more for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price -- just $84.99 a month for a year -- only available online. go to...
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and police hoped these would stay here until troops came home from both iraq and afghanistan. her daughter told me there are no plans to take down the memorial and at one time, the family did want to turn it into low income senior housing. we're across the street from the bart station buchl at that time, the city of lafayette did not want to rezone this area. >> thank you. >> laura anthony is reporting live. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. the news at 5:00 continues right now with dan and cheryl. >> and a strong quake rolls through our nation's capital, leaving behind damage. >> stopping game rage mentality. how one lawmaker would make people pay for the acts of violence. >> and the big privacy concern facebook users can now opt out of. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. east coast had a frightening taste of the earthquake danger we face all the time here. >> 5.8 quake hit this afternoon, buildings shook, and nerves were rattled from new york to north carolina. no reports of death or serious injuries, but there are damage in a number of area
and police hoped these would stay here until troops came home from both iraq and afghanistan. her daughter told me there are no plans to take down the memorial and at one time, the family did want to turn it into low income senior housing. we're across the street from the bart station buchl at that time, the city of lafayette did not want to rezone this area. >> thank you. >> laura anthony is reporting live. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. the news at 5:00 continues...
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cut $2.7 trillion over ten years and the expected savings from the drawdown from the wars in iraq and afghanistan is how they are calculating what they can save and the republicans are not happy about that and that is where the divide is. the real fight right now is trying to see where the winds are blowing with what is called the boehner plan. we don't know exactly when that vote will be taken, because there is a lot of head counting going on and maybe some arm twisting, too, to figure out if they can get it through. should it not pass, we are into another whole scenario of what to do next. >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. thanks. we want to bring in kristen welker at the white house. kristen, jay carney, the white house press secretary says that he does not believe that the default will happen. as we hear from the two sides both agreeing that the debt limit needs to be raised, it is inevitab inevitable. >> it is the one thing that all sides can agree on here, and you are right, the press secretary jay carney says he has complete faith that the debt ceiling will be raised by next week, but th
cut $2.7 trillion over ten years and the expected savings from the drawdown from the wars in iraq and afghanistan is how they are calculating what they can save and the republicans are not happy about that and that is where the divide is. the real fight right now is trying to see where the winds are blowing with what is called the boehner plan. we don't know exactly when that vote will be taken, because there is a lot of head counting going on and maybe some arm twisting, too, to figure out if...
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year-old chris went to visit santa with one wish on his christmas list tochlt bring liz dad home from afghanistan for the holidays. and wouldn't you know it, look who shows up, right at that moment. smiles all around as chris runs into his father's arms for the first time in nine months. >> that is a holiday miracle. >> that's cool. >> beautiful thing. love it. >> we will show you what some are calling the most expensive car crash in the history of the world. we'll have that coming up. >>> and one bay area city's new burglar alarm ordnance. the violence that could cause people hundreds of dollars. >>> plus gm thinks they know what caused chevy bolt baltryes to suddenly burst into flames. we'll have details in a live report. and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back, everyone. after live look outside. very clear look across the san mateo bridge. a cool start to the morning. >>> if you thought your car insurance was too high, wait until you she this. 14 luxury cars worth millions of dollars colliding with each other as they
year-old chris went to visit santa with one wish on his christmas list tochlt bring liz dad home from afghanistan for the holidays. and wouldn't you know it, look who shows up, right at that moment. smiles all around as chris runs into his father's arms for the first time in nine months. >> that is a holiday miracle. >> that's cool. >> beautiful thing. love it. >> we will show you what some are calling the most expensive car crash in the history of the world. we'll have...
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>> specialist blake is set to return home from afghanistan in december. >> i don't realize you could do that. >> wait until they have the ipad that's that big, you could stand in front of an ipad and kiss it too. i suppose. >> virtual. >>> we better go to weather. >> yes, we do. >> you were right, 93 didn't sound much better when we talked about it today. but it felt better. >> you don't think of waterspouts with pennsylvania, too often. this is erie county, pennsylvania, and this is bear beach just off bear beach, northwestern area of the state. it forms, a strong line of thunderstorms came through yesterday. and it dissipated before it came on to land. of course, around here what we saw was pockets of heavy rain and flash flooding yesterday. our high temperature today 95 degrees after starting out at 76, boy, that sure was nice. the average high 89 degrees, over the next couple days, temperatures are still going to remain above the average high. today, though, the nicest since july 17th, when the humidity was way down too. all that ugly heat, the monster heat is going to return. at
>> specialist blake is set to return home from afghanistan in december. >> i don't realize you could do that. >> wait until they have the ipad that's that big, you could stand in front of an ipad and kiss it too. i suppose. >> virtual. >>> we better go to weather. >> yes, we do. >> you were right, 93 didn't sound much better when we talked about it today. but it felt better. >> you don't think of waterspouts with pennsylvania, too often. this...
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wars in afghanistan and iraq and was heading to ft. hood to get revenge. we're told that abdo had been under investigation for months. apparently he initially came under suspicion after he was allegedly overheard making radical statements. military officials started looking at his background and eventually came across child pornography so his computer. abdo facing those charges in a court-martial disappeared on the fourth of july. in addition to the bomb-making materials in that texas hotel, police discovered jihadist material. as the investigation continues, the fbi wants to know did abdo become a ticking time bomb on his own or did someone encourage him? rob and tanya? >> all right, pierre thomas. >>> norway's police now believe last friday's mass murders were carried out by a lone wolf attacker. since killing 76 people in that bombing and shooting massacre, anders breivik has said he is part of a network of people plotting against multi-cultural europe. but authorities now say he acted alone last week and he kept his plans to himself for about a decade.
wars in afghanistan and iraq and was heading to ft. hood to get revenge. we're told that abdo had been under investigation for months. apparently he initially came under suspicion after he was allegedly overheard making radical statements. military officials started looking at his background and eventually came across child pornography so his computer. abdo facing those charges in a court-martial disappeared on the fourth of july. in addition to the bomb-making materials in that texas hotel,...
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it topped over 100% after the funding of the iraq war, the afghanistan war and the collapse of lehman brothers and that huge financial bailout. despite all the discussion about what could happen with the budget deficit and the republicans and the democrats agreeing eye to eye on what could happen, the long-term debt is likely to continue rising. $14 trillion today, it could top $20 trillion by the year 2016 no matter what they do over the next week. >> coming up, a deepening humanitarian crisis in a hunger-stricken land. we go to kenya where the corners of the drought and famine go way beyond simply a lack of rain. medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can
it topped over 100% after the funding of the iraq war, the afghanistan war and the collapse of lehman brothers and that huge financial bailout. despite all the discussion about what could happen with the budget deficit and the republicans and the democrats agreeing eye to eye on what could happen, the long-term debt is likely to continue rising. $14 trillion today, it could top $20 trillion by the year 2016 no matter what they do over the next week. >> coming up, a deepening humanitarian...
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this morning he spent a lot of time talking about afghanistan's future. he confirmed that the united states is talking with the taliban to end the war there. >> there's been outreach on the part of a number of countries. these contacts are very preliminary at this point. >> the defense secretary will retire june 30th. he insists his days in public office are done. >>> we are following several big stories in the week ahead. testimony will continue in the casey anthony murder trial. over the weekend the defense called two forensic experts. both testified 2-year-old caylee anthony was not necessarily suffocated by duct tape, as the prosecution claims. at this point, though, we still have not heard if casey anthony will take the stand in her own defense. >>> thursday marks the two-year anniversary of that deadly metro crash that killed nine at the fort totten station. metro officials are planning a memorial service for the victims' families. metro's employee union will also hold a public town hall meeting tomorrow to talk about safety and other issues. that m
this morning he spent a lot of time talking about afghanistan's future. he confirmed that the united states is talking with the taliban to end the war there. >> there's been outreach on the part of a number of countries. these contacts are very preliminary at this point. >> the defense secretary will retire june 30th. he insists his days in public office are done. >>> we are following several big stories in the week ahead. testimony will continue in the casey anthony murder...
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. >> this should be a shock to everyone. 300,000 veterans who served in afghanistan and iraq are unemployed. >> we'll have live coverage in about an hour. >>> breaking news. just within the past ten minutes, we found out the u.s. senate approved legislation to end a two-week partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. now, that shut down has cost the government about $30,000 a day in taxes. it's also furloughed workers, including right here in the bay area. this is a temporary funding extension, only through the middle of september. >>> well, republicans on capitol hill feeling empowered now after the recent debt ceiling battle, they are gearing up for their next challenge. they want to change the constitution by adding an amendment. john boehner told the best thing -- said the best thing they could do during their august recess is to sell their constituents into the idea. >>> 7:18. vice president joe biden's wife will head to east africa this weekend. dr. jill biden will be part of a special delegation to see how the u.s. can help victims of fa mon, sweeping the -- famine swe
. >> this should be a shock to everyone. 300,000 veterans who served in afghanistan and iraq are unemployed. >> we'll have live coverage in about an hour. >>> breaking news. just within the past ten minutes, we found out the u.s. senate approved legislation to end a two-week partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. now, that shut down has cost the government about $30,000 a day in taxes. it's also furloughed workers, including right here in the bay area....
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very few people in afghanistan have cell phones, access to computers. how would they even see twitter in some of these remote towns and villages? so it's still kind of an emerging kind of twitter warfare. but it's growing. brooke? >> twitter warfare. is the whole pentagon getting into the whole twitter verse? >> oh, my goodness. where to start? everybody is tweeting these days. i recently found on one of my own twitter accounts that one of the senior officials said in a news report about the timing of the leaving of iraq and i said given a couple days in my report turned out to be right. >> we have to all watch what we're tweeting, saying and tweeting, don't we, barbara starr? >> exactly. >> by the way, you can read more about the twitter war with the taliban. go to our security clearance blog at cnn.com/security. that is today's "reporter roulette". >>> still ahead, sex ed getting really graphic. this has so many parents outraged. >>> now the so-called super committee is going live to capitol hill. also, this -- >> did you love this child? can you answ
very few people in afghanistan have cell phones, access to computers. how would they even see twitter in some of these remote towns and villages? so it's still kind of an emerging kind of twitter warfare. but it's growing. brooke? >> twitter warfare. is the whole pentagon getting into the whole twitter verse? >> oh, my goodness. where to start? everybody is tweeting these days. i recently found on one of my own twitter accounts that one of the senior officials said in a news report...